That's the problem when the internet chooses something and idolizes it above everything else. People hear about it and instead of thinking "Oh yeah I know that guy, he's pretty funny", they think "Ok he's most certainly not the funniest person in history, and this idolization pisses me off".

Louis CK is a pretty funny guy. Always gets a laugh out of me. And like above, I really hope they use him well.

/still haven't watched the DVR of last night, although I did see the opening sketch, it was pretty good

That's the problem when the internet chooses something and idolizes it above everything else. People hear about it and instead of thinking "Oh yeah I know that guy, he's pretty funny", they think "Ok he's most certainly not the funniest person in history, and this idolization pisses me off".

Louis CK is a pretty funny guy. Always gets a laugh out of me. And like above, I really hope they use him well.

/still haven't watched the DVR of last night, although I did see the opening sketch, it was pretty good

downstairs:Ahhh_Ennui: buntz: Louis C.K. is fantastic and his stand up routines make me cry with laughter.Louis the TV show is fantastic but it makes me cry. Period.

Speaking of, I saw him in Detroit last week, and laughed so hard I thought I started my period.

I have the weirdest....

Ok, in all seriousness I'm jealous. He's bypassing TicketMaster (good on him), but that means he can only play limited places. Unfortunately that does not include my city ;(

The only venue in Detroit that would take a non-TM event was the Masonic Temple theater. Which is an extremely lovely old dame of a building that is not in a good part of Detroit. And does not have working drinking fountains. Really gorgeous, though.Link

Ahhh_Ennui:downstairs: Ahhh_Ennui: buntz: Louis C.K. is fantastic and his stand up routines make me cry with laughter.Louis the TV show is fantastic but it makes me cry. Period.

Speaking of, I saw him in Detroit last week, and laughed so hard I thought I started my period.

I have the weirdest....

Ok, in all seriousness I'm jealous. He's bypassing TicketMaster (good on him), but that means he can only play limited places. Unfortunately that does not include my city ;(

The only venue in Detroit that would take a non-TM event was the Masonic Temple theater. Which is an extremely lovely old dame of a building that is not in a good part of Detroit. And does not have working drinking fountains. Really gorgeous, though.Link

Yeah, I know about that place. Never been, but I have a ton of friends that moved down here from Detroit. Sounds like you had a blast.

We *do* have non-TM controlled places down here... but Louis didn't seem to think any of them worked for him I guess. Oh well.

That's the problem when the internet chooses something and idolizes it above everything else. People hear about it and instead of thinking "Oh yeah I know that guy, he's pretty funny", they think "Ok he's most certainly not the funniest person in history, and this idolization pisses me off".

Louis CK is a pretty funny guy. Always gets a laugh out of me. And like above, I really hope they use him well.

/still haven't watched the DVR of last night, although I did see the opening sketch, it was pretty good

I don't like his tv shows but his standup is awesome. He is at least original which is more than you can say for 95% of the comics out there.

barneyfifesbullet:The funniest thing about Louis C.K. lately, is how he and the media act like Louis C.K. invented selling tickets and recordings off of a website.

Also, how he ducked out of hosting the WH Correspondents dinner this year after he got some heat for some of his tweets from Fox News. Hilarious. That was brave.

I don't get the idea that he thinks (or says) he invented any of it. He just found a way to make it work for his system.

Also - I think he bailed out of the Correspondents Dinner because who needs all that drama? Why should he even bother with it? He doesn't have to. I don't see it as chicken as you apparently do, just not worth the hassle.

Louis CK is my favorite comedian alive today now that George Carlin and Mitch Hedberg are dead. Daniel Tosh's standup is very good as well, but Tosh.O is simply mediocre at best. Jim Norton is also hilarious. I watched his Epix special on Netflix and lost it laughing. There really aren't too many consistently great comedians out there today. I'm glad to see Louis CK become so popular, because he really does deserve it. He actually cares more about the fans than making a buck which was proven when he donated the vast majority of the money he made with his $5 webpage special to charity. Just seems like an all around good guy. Here recently as in a couple weeks ago he put the audio of a female comedian on his webpage. The show was the one done the very day she found out she had cancer. He said the performance moved him. Classy guy who gets my respect.